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L. N. BAOHAND.-

FRAME FORDRAPING FRINGE, 8w,

Ea'tented Jan. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI N. BAOHAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. WHIPPLE, OFSAME PLACE.

FRAME FOR DRAPING FRINGE, 80C.-

EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,413, dated January19, 1886.

Application filed December 27, 1884. Serial No. 151,346. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI N. BACHAND, of Chicago, in the State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Frame for DrapingFringe and other Goods of 2. Similar Character for Shipment and Storage,of which the following is a specification.

The object of the improvement is to provide a frame adapted to fit theshipping-case for draping the fringe, so that each layer will besupported independently of or not in contact with the others, to preventthe goods from being damaged by matting by being compressed one layeragainst or upon the other.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the frame out of the case. Fig. 2 is across-section on linear :0, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.3 is a portion of a horizontal section enlarged. Fig. 4. is a portion ofa rear or end View enlarged.

A designates an end frame made of wire, and provided with across-piece,D, fastened about the-center. There are two of these end framesone foreach end of the completed frameand the cross-piece D of one of them isprovided with a tube, B, and of the other with a rod, 0, adapted to fitinto the tube and be fastened in by a thumb-screw, E, set in the tube.

The end pieces, A, may be made of pieces of boards corresponding in sizewith the end frames, and attached by a rod near the bottom, instead ofthe rod and tube near the center. Such construction will answer thepurpose very well; but the wire end frames connected by the adjustableconnection formed by the rod and tube near thecenter are preferable,because the frame can be made lighter, which is a desideratum.

Gross-pieces a, provided with hooks a, are attached to the end piecesfor catching the fringe. These hooks are preferably arranged withreference to each other vertically so that the hooks of any cross-piecewill come between those of the one next above. The cross pieces are alsopreferably made adjustable, so that they may be raised and lowered, so

that their positions will correspond to different widths of fringe. Thisadjustability is best secured bya spring, a, fastened to the ends ofeach of the cross-pieces a, so as to clasp around the upright sides ofthe end frame, or over the outer edges of the board, if the end piecesshould be made of board, so that the cross-pieces are thereby held inplace, and may be slipped up or down a little, as desired.

The frame thus constructed is made of the proper size to fit and fill apaper box or case of convenient size to hold (as a package) a bolt ormore of fringe of eighteen or twenty yards, (more or less,) as it ismanufactured in convenient size for handling in shipment and sale, theconstruction of the frame and the arrangement of the hooks being suchthat the fringe may be draped thereon so as to hang free in strandsbetween the end pieces of the frame in rows or layers, filling the casefrom top to bottom, not in contact with each other, the sides of thecase, or anything, and

yet substantially fill the case. Fringes may thus be put up in packageswhich may be shipped and kept in stock and handled in retailing withoutbeing damaged in the least by being tangled or rnatted.

The connection of the end pieces, consisting of the rod and tubefastened by the thumbscrew, may be lengthened or shortened, and afterthe fringe is draped on the frame it may be stretched and held taut byfirst loosening the thumb-screw and slightly extending and then securingthe connection in the extended position. For this purpose thethumb-screw is placed on the under side of the tube, so that it can bereached from the bottom by passing the fingers up between the layers offringe.

What is claimed is 1. A small frame adapted to be inclosed in a box forpacking fringe or other like goods, and having two end pieces, as A A,connected or supported in a vertical or upright position, and providedwith hooks a a upon their coincident sides, arranged to hold the layersor strands of fringe apart in the case, substantially as specified.

2. A frame having two upright end pieces,

as A A, provided with two or more crossa rod, B, and tube 0, providedwith thumbpieces, a a, made adjustable up and down, and screw E, as andfor the purpose specified. having hooks a a, as and for the purposespecified LEVI N. BACHAND. 5 3. A frame having two upright end pieces,W'itnesses:

as AA, provided with two or more rows of J NO. H. WHIPPLE,

hooks, a a, and an adjustable connection, as FRANK H. XVOODCOOK.

